Piano Sonatas Vol 7
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- Composer
- Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Performers
- Jeno Jando
- Label
- Naxos Classics
- Barcode
- 4891030501669
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Sonata No.12 in A Flat Major, Opus 26 Sonata No.16 in G Major, Opus 31 No.1 Sonata No.18 in E Flat Major, Opus 31No.3 Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn inDecember, 1770, the son of Johann van Beethoven, a singer in the service of theArchbishop of Cologne, and, more important, the grandson of Ludwig vanBeethoven, Kapellmeister to the same patron. It was the very distinction andstrength of character of the head of the family that lay at the root of Johannvan Beethoven's inadequacy as a father and final professional incompetence. Theelder Ludwig died in 1773, but was to remain for his grandson a powerfulposthumous influence, while Johann slid further into habits of dissipation,with Ludwig, his eldest surviving son, assuming in 1789 the role of head of thefamily, with responsibility for his two younger brothers. In Bonn Beethoven received erraticmusical training at home, followed by a much more thorough course of study withChristoph Gottlob Neefe, who was appointed court organist in 1781. In 1784Beethoven entered the paid service of the Archbishop as deputy court organist,employed as a viola-player or as cembalist in the court orchestra, and turninghis hand increasingly to composition. A visit to Vienna in 1788 for the purposeof study with Mozart led to nothing, cut short by the illness and subsequentdeath of his mother, but in 1792 he was to return to the imperial capital,again with his patron's encouragement, to take lessons with Haydn. Be
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